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" S. A. JACKSON.

PICTURE MOUNT.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS,

N. Paras, rum-151mm. Washingkm. D. a

thickness over the surface of the plate.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFIQEQ STELLA A. JACKSON, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

PICTURE-MOUNT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,060, dated November 6, 188?.

Application filed August 1, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STELLA A. J AOKSON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PictureMounts, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to secure a picture against a waxed back plate, so that dust will be effectually excluded and the tints of the picture preserved.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing my new and improved method of mounting pictures; and Fig; 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line or x of Fig. 1.

In carrying my invention into effect I first coat the plate a of glass, celluloid, polished wood, or other suitable material, on which the picture 5 is to be placed with the coating 0 of paraiiine or other similar wax. This coating of the plate a with the wax 0 may be done either by spreading the wax while in a semimolten state over the surface of the plate or by dipping the plate in a vessel containing a quantity ofthe molten wax. This latter to ethod is the preferred method, since by dipping the plate in the molten wax no difficulty will be experienced in making the coating of uniform The plate a being thus provided with its coating 0 of wax, the picture b is simply to be placed upon the coating 0 of wax and pressed down with the hands smooth and level upon the wax. I'use for that purpose the strips (1 d of strong paper,which strips are gummed upon one side, the strips being attached by means of the gum to the edges of the picture, and then wrapped over the edges of and attached to the under side of the plate a, as shown, which will hold the picture securely in place. Mounted in this manner it will be seen that the picture is provided with a soft close-fitting back of wax, which excludes all dust from the back of the picture and preserves the tints of the picture,

and prevents the material on which the picture is made from wrinkling and cracking.

I do not abandon or dedicate to the public any patentablc feature set forth herein and not hereinafter claimed, but reserve the right to claim the same, either in a reissue of any patent that may be granted upon this application or in other applications for Letters Patent that I may make.

I am aware that the plate upon which the picture is to be placed has been first coated with paraffine or wax, and that a plate has been cut so as to form tongues, of which some are made to hold the picture in place and one bent to sustain the plate in an upwardly-inclined p0 sition; but

1 hat I claim as new and of my invention The combination, with the plate a and wax coat 0, of the strips (1 d (1 d, gummed upon one edge, wrapped around the ends of the plate, and secured to the under side thereof, as shown and described.

STELLA A. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, EDGAR Tarn. 

